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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of America's Fugitive Slaves

Eric Foner
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Description:They are little known to history: Sydney Howard Gay, an abolitionist newspaper editor; Louis Napoleon, a furniture polisher; Charles B. Ray, a black minister. At great risk they operated the underground railroad in New York, a city whose businesses, banks, and politics were deeply enmeshed in the slave economy. In secret coordination with black dockworkers who alerted them to the arrival of fugitives and with counterparts in Norfolk, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Albany, and Syracuse, underground-railroad operatives in New York helped more than 3,000 fugitive slaves reach freedom between 1830 and 1860. Their defiance of the notorious Fugitive Slave Law inflamed the South. White and black, educated and illiterate, they were heroic figures in the ongoing struggle between slavery and freedom. Making brilliant use of fresh evidence--including the meticulous record of slave rescues secretly kept by Gay--Eric Foner elevates the underground railroad from folklore to sweeping history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of America's Fugitive Slaves. To get started finding Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of America's Fugitive Slaves, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of America's Fugitive Slaves

Eric Foner
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Description: They are little known to history: Sydney Howard Gay, an abolitionist newspaper editor; Louis Napoleon, a furniture polisher; Charles B. Ray, a black minister. At great risk they operated the underground railroad in New York, a city whose businesses, banks, and politics were deeply enmeshed in the slave economy. In secret coordination with black dockworkers who alerted them to the arrival of fugitives and with counterparts in Norfolk, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Albany, and Syracuse, underground-railroad operatives in New York helped more than 3,000 fugitive slaves reach freedom between 1830 and 1860. Their defiance of the notorious Fugitive Slave Law inflamed the South. White and black, educated and illiterate, they were heroic figures in the ongoing struggle between slavery and freedom. Making brilliant use of fresh evidence--including the meticulous record of slave rescues secretly kept by Gay--Eric Foner elevates the underground railroad from folklore to sweeping history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of America's Fugitive Slaves. To get started finding Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of America's Fugitive Slaves, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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